The first and original Rhinoceros Party of Canada fielded 116 candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election, none of whom were elected. Two candidates finished second. One finished third. Some who finished fourth beat the New Democratic Party (NDP), and are mentioned. Others who placed fourth beat Social Credit Party of Canada (Social Credit). In some cases, there were only four candidates on the ballot, in others there was a wide field of fringe parties.
Alberta All Alberta Rhino candidates but one —Carl Hohol in Vegreville— came in fourth, for a number of reasons. The candidates (with electoral districts) and number of votes received were: Samoil, Willy (Calgary Centre) 766 votes Pazdor, Philip J. (Calgary East) 638 votes Williams, Mike (Calgary North) 878 votes Lambe, David E. Fred (Calgary South) 887 votes Petti, Anthony G. (Calgary West) 1,027 votes Walker, Dave (Edmonton Strathcona) 453 votes Cavanagh, Allan G. W. (Peace River) 547 votes Hohol, Carl M. (Vegreville) 359 votes
British Columbia B.C. Rhino candidates generally ran against a wide field of minority parties and independent candidates. They placed fourth in all but one riding contested: Esquimalt—Saanich with Bob Maddocks standing. The candidates (with electoral districts) and number of votes received were: Schaller, Richard the Troll (Capilano) 688 votes Lesosky, Louis Crowbird (Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands) 444 votes Maddocks, Bob (Esquimalt—Saanich) 548 votes Storey, Kyle (Kamloops-Shuswap) 237 votes Coffey, Frank Tee Pee Red (Nanaimo-Alberni) 591 votes Kruger, Andre The Rock (Okanagan-Similkameen) 317 votes Courchene, Albert The Cad (Surrey-White Rock-North Delta) 440 votes Longworth, David J. (Vancouver Centre) 337 votes Lyttle, Dandy Randy (Vancouver East) 198 votes McDonald, Verne John Eh (Vancouver Quadra) 405 votes Fleming, Linda (Vancouver South) 327 votes Higgins, Rhino Kirk (Victoria) 446 votes
Manitoba Manitoban Rhino candidates were generally uncontested for fourth, in which place all four shown below finished. The candidates (with electoral districts) and number of votes received were: Campbell, Roland (at the time Churchill; now Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) 352 votes Feilburg, Lawrence (Provencher) 433 votes Bergen, Honest Don (Winnipeg—Birds Hill) 322 votes Balderstone, Smilin Dave (Winnipeg—Fort Garry) 405 votes
New Brunswick The candidates (with electoral districts) and number of votes received were: Both candidates in Gloucester combined, with Boudreau ranking fourth in his own right. Boucher, Amede Le Terrible (then Gloucester, now Acadie—Bathurst in 1990) 362 votes Boudreau, Jules Cesar (at the time Gloucester, later renamed Acadie—Bathurst) 736 votes. Doucet, Arthur (Restigouche) 692 votes; finished in fourth rank.
Nova Scotia Both NS Rhino candidates finished in fourth place. They were (with electoral districts) and number of votes received: Moors, Mark (then, Annapolis Valley—Hants now, Kings—Hants) 343 votes Tudor, Martha (at that time, South Shore, later South Shore—St. Margarets) 433 votes
Ontario The candidates (with electoral districts) and number of votes received were: Reid, David J. (Beaches) 214 votes Butterfield, Vicki (Broadview—Greenwood at the time, now called Toronto—Danforth) Butterfield, wife of noted computer expert Jim Butterfield, ran a low-profile campaign. The Rhinoceros Party announced that she was "following the lead of another, more prominent candidate, and is hiding from the public". This was likely a reference to Liberal Party leader Pierre Trudeau. She received 196 votes (0.61%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party incumbent Bob Rae. Wright, Douglas (Kitchener) 292 votes Elson, Mark (Peterborough, now Peterborough—Kawartha) 243 votes Pileggi, Salvatore (Spadina) 146 votes Armour, Liza (St. Paul's) 311 votes Matheson, John (York East) 237 votes The following candidates all finished fourth: Thorning, Steve (Guelph) 272 votes Sabzali, James E. S. (Hamilton West) 304 votes Sharp, Edward T. (Kingston and the Islands) 373 votes Showers, Stewart (London West) 224 votes Cockerell, Alan (Nepean—Carleton) 658 votes Stranart, J. C. (Ontario) 313 votes Langille, David (Ottawa Centre) 358 votes Ashby, Graham Prickes (Ottawa-Vanier) 519 votes Yates, Geoff (in 1980, Rosedale; now Toronto Centre) 319 votes Douglas, John (Spadina) 250 votes Lake, Fred Horny (St. Catharines) 230 votes Lalonde, Raymond (Sudbury) 288 votes Nigol, Rick (Waterloo) 330 votes Oliver, Mark (York-Peel) 589 votes
Québec The candidates (with electoral districts) and number of votes received were: Des Gagne, Ti-Pit Claude (Berthier—Maskinongé) 728 votes — finished third behind the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives (PC Party). NDP did not run a candidate. Grenier, Philippe Sarto (Blainville—Deux-Montagnes) 1,685 votes Leblanc, Louis Philippe Tulipe (Bonaventure-Iles-De-La-Madeleine) 917 votes Laliberté, Guy Pantouffe (Charlevoix) 945 votes. Guy Laliberté later went on to found Cirque de Soleil. Cote, Sonia Chatouille (Laurier) 3,067 votes — finished second, beating the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC Party) and the NDP. Richard, Gervais Prime (Lévis) 2,652 votes Brunet, Jean-Marc Cornelius (at the time, Longueuil; now, Longueuil—Saint-Hubert) 2,631 votes Regimbauld, Paul (Lotbiniere) 3,041 votes Gavroche, Gosselin D. (Megantic-Compton-Stanstead) 1,002 votes De Blois, Piggy Guy (Mercier) 1,835 votes Paquette, J. Chretin (at that time, Portneuf; now Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier) 1,634 votes Pollender, Raymond Patrotrovitch (Québec-Est) 1,862 votes Moreau, Helene (then Richelieu, now Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel) 1,215 votes Caron, Denys (Richmond) 876 votes Saintonge, Jacques (Rimouski) 627 votes Simard, Donald Bobette (Roberval) 503 votes Arene, Jean-Luc (Saint-Jean) 982 votes Bedard, Fernand (Sherbrooke) 909 votes Massicotte, Michel Celestin (Temiscamingue, now reconstituted as Abitibi—Témiscamingue) 1,206 votes Drapeau, Pedro Gervais G. D. (Terrebonne) 1,844 votes De Vernal, J. F. Le Calife (Saint-Maurice) 1,206 votes Chaput, Benoit Yodepech (Saint-Michel) 1,603 votes Chamberland, Andre (Saint-Hyacinthe) 868 votes
These candidates all placed fourth in their races: Lambert, Germain (Beauce) 624 votes; finished in fourth place, beating the NDP (who received 404 votes) Chabot, Andree (Bellechasse) 815 votes; finished fourth, beating the NDP (730 votes) Michaud, Helene (Chambly) 1,724 votes Bernard, Denis Van (Charlesbourg, now Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) 3,066 votes Vaillancourt, Pierre Elliot (Duvernay) 2,479 votes Antonyszyn, Polack Eugene (Gamelin) 1,640 votes Mainville, Francis Vitesse (Gaspe) 759 votes Penzes, Francois R. (Gatineau) 640 votes Gougeon, Diane (Hochelaga-Maisonneuve) 1,412 votes Dompierre, Sylvain (formerly Hull, now Hull—Aylmer) 598 votes In Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, the combined vote of the two candidates was enough for them to rank fourth: Guay, Raymond (Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup) 349 votes Lapierre, Andre Constance (Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup) 358 votes In Labelle, the combined vote of the three candidates was enough to rank fourth: Collin, Gaston (Labelle) 664 votes Gagnon, Richard Amouthd (Labelle) 331 votes Morin, Jean-Marie (Labelle) 580 votes Briand, Beru Louis (Lac-Saint-Jean) 1,159 votes Baribeau, Jean Serge (Lachine) 692 votes Lefebvre, Jean Obelix (at the time, Langelier; now Québec) 2,813 votes; finished second, beating the New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate. Ferron, Jacques (La Prairie) 1,868 votes. Jacques Ferron (1921–1985), physician and author, was a decorated Québec cultural hero. Bonnier, Jean Chat Botte (Laval) 1,679 votes Bonnier, Alain Bugs (Laval-Des-Rapides) 2,152 votes Ouellet, François (Louis-Hebert) 3,795 votes The combined vote of the two candidates in Manicouagan was enough for them to rank fourth, but not enough to beat the NDP. Bedard, Denis Tarzan (Manicouagan) 715 votes Truchon, Yves (Manicouagan) 841 votes Belair, Michel (Matapedia-Matane) 892 votes; finished fourth, beating the NDP by four votes. Gingras, Pierre Screwdriver (Missisquoi) 687 votes Theriault, Face-Bleme Jacques (Montmorency) 1,913 votes Rivard, Michel Flybin (Mount Royal) 715 votes Roy, Cherubin Guy (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) 900 votes Langlois, Philippe (Outremont) 2,065 votes Beauregard, Gaston Lagaffe (Pontiac-Gatineau-Labelle) 643 votes Harvey, La Mule Louis (at the time, Rosemont, since renamed Papineau) 1,608 votes Tremblay, G. Mara (then, Rosemont; now Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) 1,310 votes Rose, Serge (Saint-Denis) 1,232 votes Montpetit, Jean-Guy (Saint-Henri-Westmount) 1,140 votes Tremblay, Rodrigue Chocolat (Saint Jacques) 1,080 votes Guzzo-Ceros (Saint-Leonard-Anjou) 1,569 votes Favreau, Francois Straight (Sainte-Marie) 1,659 votes Brazeau, Cornelius Andre (Shefford) 1,274 votes Mignault, Hughe Le Brulot (Vercheres) 2,804 votes Cawthorn, Ronald (Verdun) 1,141 votes
Saskatchewan Both Rhino candidates in Saskatchewan ranked fourth in their races and are shown (with electoral districts) and number of votes received: Bowden, Ross Dunning (Kindersley-Lloydminster) 294 votes Hoover, Derron H. X. (Regina East) 302 votes
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